snake
a(nother) inverse poem
a photo of the author in an arcade, 2017
play it again.
dig up a sticky coin from your endless pocket and
let the arcade-crazed crowd
scream and jostle
your arm against mine as we
move through the tricky handoff of
like to love to lose.
in a liminal zone, where we
allow the flashing lights to set us
on the path to somewhere good,
remember what led us astray
abandon the currency that makes you
slam the side of the machine
when you lose
me
everyone watches
About the Creator
Bruce Lee and The God of War: Kuan Ti
It starts with love.. The Power to the God Of War and Wealth Walk into a Chinese restaurant (even in Oklahoma, USA), a Chinese police station, a kung fu martial arts studio or even a Chinese temple and you often see a red faced warrior holding a heavy quan-do (spear like weapon).
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Comments (33)
ago The first line is excellent, and I like how there’s a clear surface reading about playing in the arcade, but then deeper hints about the relationship with trying to keep hands together, and the losing of the game (or me) at the end from top to bottom. Nice Suze 👏
Congrats on Top Story!🥳
Very well done. And sad, too, in my mind.
Great inverse Suze. Congrats.
Was a super fun read! Ping pong'd inside my brain just like a game of snack! Congrats on TS!
Such a sweet read!
I read it with the arcade game in mind but it has other meaning too working through it. And this changes when read inversely. Respect to you. I can't do this inverse challenge. It warps my tiny mind.
Excellent and creative inverse poem. Well done! 😊
Holy cow this is absolutely phenomenal
One of the best depictions of video game culture in those sticky and dark spaces!
haha my favorite arcade game besides pinball
Great inverse poem! Genius flip!
Congrats on the TS.
Ohhh. Why are these inverse poems so incredible?? I've read a few now that are soooo deep upon the inverted reading and it's blowing my mind. Yours, here, is no exception to that. How in the world did you do this?! It's amazing! "Play it again" is the BEST first (and last) line. Congrats on TS! You're obliterating this challenge, fr.
So good Suze! You make this challenge look easy! I haven't been able to think of one yet!
Very clever and wonderful to read
excellent! vivid and captivating :)
Nice job, well done.
YAAAY back to say congrats.
Well done! Keep pushing forward with your excellent work—congrats!
This is another Kay classic. You have just a sublime way with words, Suze. Loved this. Sad and just the right amount of surrealism to take it to a different level. Oh and congrats on Top Story!
Absolutely beautifully written ❤️
If I had written my entry on paper, I would wad it up and throw it in the trash now. So many good turns of phrase in this one, but my favorite is "dig up a sticky coin from your endless pocket". Well done!
Wow! When you lose Me Everyone watches Everyone watches Me When you lose I felt the punch of those lines. Pure magic, Suze!
Beautifully penned Suze, and so cleverly crafted! Brilliant entry! 🤍